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Our world outsmarts us

21 mins | Jun 20, 2017

The complexity of social problems is outsmarting the human brain. Social problems are fantastically complex, while human minds are severely under-engineered. Is democracy doomed? Neurologist and author, Robert Burton, analyses in Aeon magazine.

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